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There are many charges against S.R.P. Kalluri, S.P, including the
latest one by Seema, a tribal woman, of gangrape by Kalluri and his
men in police custody. She has also alleged that her husband Ramesh
was killed in a fake encounter by the police when he went to
surrender. Her complaint has been admitted by the Bilaspur High Court.
The fact finding team found many instances where the villagers opposed
the police claims of encounter killings and said that these people
were arrested, tortured in police custody and shot dead later in fake
encounters. Thus, Narayan a Zonal Commander was picked up from Kotsari
village where he had gone to attend a karma festival. He was picked up
while sleeping from the house of a local villager and killed in a fake
encounter the next morning. Most of the villagers in this village were
too terrified to speak openly fearing police reprisal. In another
instance, Sagar and Shoma were picked up when they were returning to
their village and their death too was shown as an encounter to the
media.
The fact finding team demands that a high powered committee consisting
of judges and human rights activists be constituted to investigate
into complaints of police atrocities and punish the guilty policemen.
During any such investigation the accused police officers should
remain under suspension so that witnesses may speak fearlessly.
The fact finding team includes Sudha Bharadwaj, Advocate High Court
Bilaspur; K.J. Mukherjee, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi; C. Vanaja, Journalist & Film maker, Hyderabad; Geeta
Charusivam, CAVOW, Chennai; Ajay T.G., Chhattisgarh PUCL; Anuradha,
CAVOW; Anil Kumar, Media Researcher, Wardha.